Devils Garden (Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument)
The Devils Garden of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) in south central Utah, United States, is a protected area featuring hoodoos, natural arches and other sandstone formations. The area is also known as the Devils Garden Outstanding Natural Area within the National Landscape Conservation System.
| Devils Garden | |
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IUCN category Ib (wilderness area) | |
Metate Arch | |
Devils Garden Location of Devils Garden Devils Garden Devils Garden (Utah) | |
| Location | Garfield County, Utah, United States |
| Nearest city | Escalante, Utah |
| Coordinates | 37°35′08″N 111°24′53″WUSGS |
| Area | 640 acres (2.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 5243 |
| Designated | December 31, 1979 |
| Governing body | U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
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The formations in the Devils Garden were created, and continue to be shaped, by various weathering and erosional processes. These natural processes have been shaping sandstone layers formed more than 166 million years ago during the Jurassic period's Middle epoch.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers the Devils Garden and the entire GSENM which is the first national monument assigned to the BLM.
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